Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

Madeoface

Glasgow will get 10 off zebre. Leinster should get 10 from ospreys and Connaught. With a Munster loss today (along with us) surely enough for 2nd spot at worst? Assuming glas get a point or two in SA which ain't a given either.

Podge_irl

Zebre threatening to help us out in Italy but then Zebre-ing it up.

pickarooney

What's the reason all the good players in Italy are with Benetton? Are the clubs privately owned or run by the FIR?

Crash

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122066982#Comment_122066982

Doh, I missed this one. Wasn't originally able to go but looks like I might be able to... if I can get tickets that is!

Clegg

Northampton playing Harlequins right now.

Been all Quins, but Northampton have just scored a try off a transition from their own 22. They're so lethal attacking off any spilled ball or badly congested kick.

Burkie1203

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122070468#Comment_122070468

Quins defence is awful though.

Clegg

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122070530#Comment_122070530

Northampton look pretty ropey defensively as well. Quins have found a lot of success with short passes close to the ruck to an onrushing forward. They're making a lot of metres in contact and forcing Northampton to concede penalties through killing the ball.

Containing their sweeping attacks will take a lot of accuracy and patience in defence. Shooting up fast in a line could leave gaps for them to exploit and they definitely will capitalise. But get it right and you can snuff their attack and start exploiting their weaknesses close to the ruck.

It's not a full strength Northampton side, but there's enough first choice players on the pitch to draw some conclusions.

Clegg

Karl Dickson needs demoting.

Ignored the most blatant professional foul imaginable from Danny Care because he was already on a yellow.

Clegg

Northampton struggling so much in defence. Quins go through a few tight phases, then one pull back pass puts them through a gap.

Quins have had three yellows this game yet are winning.

Clegg

What a gem of a player Strauss was.

https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby/status/1784263787060564458?t=oqhse5AgCVMlWZcY0juTwA&s=09

Podge_irl

Well….this is going to painful

Rugbyf565

Michael Milne just put on his arse, gonna be a long night lads..

Rugbyf565

That is shocking handling

Rigor Mortis

Foley is having a shocker

realhorrorshow

Prendergast looked quite quick chasing back there.

degsie

Going to be a long evening for Leinster :(

Rugbyf565

tbh it’s a bit mental of Leo to throw those lads under the bus and expect them to compete tonight with zero professional rugby minutes in the last 3 months

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071040#Comment_122071040

Has not been great, but not much of a downgrade from last week either.

durthacht

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071048#Comment_122071048

You found a way to look on the bright side!

SaoPaulo41

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071063#Comment_122071063

The camera on the cheerleaders was also a positive so far .

Rugbyf565

backline getting done for pace every time

Clegg

How on earth did Piardi miss that obvious Stormers knock on? Completely fecked us over.

Clegg

Prendergast is a very classy player.

Also you can see the big difference between us and Stormers. When we knocked on, they flooded forward and scored a try. When Leinster got behind the defence with a clever kick they knocked on.

lonester99

Robin Mcbryde needs to go, our set piece when internationals are away has been nothing short of an absolute shambles

SaoPaulo41

Alaalatoa will not be a loss when he leaves

degsie

Woeful stuff all over the pitch, it's a hard watch.

Clegg

Some questionable tackling from Stormers. Riding pretty high.

Clegg

Set piece has been so poor the last two weeks. Two lineouts 5m from the Stormers line and crooked throws and knocks ons for both.

Podge_irl

Prendergast looking the most talented back out there anyway. Few classy touches.

SaoPaulo41

This is a shambles bar Prendergast. Leo will come out after the game all nicey nice " it was a tough night, we learned a lot yada yada.

Sometimes I get the impression he isn't ruthless enough.

Clegg

Stormers are conceding a fair few silly penalties. We just haven't been accurate enough to convert to points.

SaoPaulo41

2nd try in a week Turner gets disallowed .

He is a great player and having a fantastic season.

degsie

A lot of silly penalties out there

durthacht

Foley is having a tough time with slow and erratic passes, and now with daft penalties.

degsie

getting minced, mostly self induced

realhorrorshow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071088#Comment_122071088

The difference between his technical skills and contact skills is insane. Restarts and line kicks are especially incredible but he looks like he's never seen a ruck before.

Rugbyf565

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071154#Comment_122071154

think Gunne will be backed ahead of him for next season

degsie

Stormers fans having a ball! Fair play to them.

durthacht

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071172#Comment_122071172

I'm hoping that Gunne will be backed ahead of him the second half, but I guess next season would be okay.

Maybe that's unfair as I know he's a converted scrum half, but he just doesn't seem at the level Leinster need at scrum half.

Clegg

Dweba chucked that forward to create that line break.

Ultimately though it came from another botched Leinster lineout.

Rugbyf565

Stormers fans celebrating beating an academy team, well done lads

pickarooney

I hope the URC investigate Leinster for this shite.

SaoPaulo41

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122071201#Comment_122071201

To be fair, not Stormers fault who Leinster fielded. Stormers beat Leinster end of story

bingobango12

Men against boys stuff really, which was expected. Lineouts and scrums are dreadful. The scrum is understandable but the line out mistakes, handling errors and how out of sync the backline look isn’t.

RichieRich_89

Leinster had about three kickable penalties in that first half. I think it's questionable how it isn't the plan to go for shots at goal.

degsie

This unfortunately will have a psychological impact on the Leinster squad left behind, never good to see your team perform so poorly.

Rugbyf565

line out is absolutely terrible

Clegg

Third lineout five metres from the Stormers line that we've failed to secure.

blackcard

Absoluutely shocking lineouts

Clegg

Great to see Moloney back on the pitch.

Also that's a well worked Leinster try. Went back against the grain twice after committing Stormers numbers towards the open side of the pitch. Caught them short close to the ruck.